Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/smérus

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *smer- (“anoint”) +‎ *-us.

Noun

*smérus

grease

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*smérus
genitive	*sm̥réws
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*smérus	*sméruh₁(e)	*smérewes
vocative	*sméru	*sméruh₁(e)	*smérewes
accusative	*smérum	*sméruh₁(e)	*smérums
genitive	*sm̥réws	*?	*sm̥réwoHom
ablative	*sm̥réws	*?	*sm̥rúmos
dative	*sm̥réwey	*?	*sm̥rúmos
locative	sm̥réw, sm̥réwi	*?	*sm̥rúsu
instrumental	*sm̥rúh₁	*?	*sm̥rúmis

Derived terms

*smer-u-lo-^[1]
- Proto-Italic: *(s)merulos
  - Latin: medulla
*smér-w-os (“oily”)^[2]^[3]
- Proto-Germanic: *smerwą
- Proto-Tocharian: *ṣmare
  - Tocharian B: ṣmare^[4]

Descendants

Proto-Celtic: *smerus^[5]

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “medulla”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*smerwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ṣmare”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 731–732
^ Victor Mair (2022 June 22) “Tocharian words for oil”, in Language Log‎, retrieved 2022-06-22
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*smeru-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 347-348

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “medulla”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*smerwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458

[3] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ṣmare”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 731–732

[txb-4] Victor Mair (2022 June 22) “Tocharian words for oil”, in Language Log‎, retrieved 2022-06-22

[5] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*smeru-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 347-348

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